Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ingr!b11!xenon!jw
From: jw@xenon.UUCP (Jeff A. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: C compilers
Message-ID: <53@xenon.UUCP>
Date: 12 May 88 21:29:18 GMT
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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I am considering buying a C compiler for my C64, and have a few questions:

	1)  I only know of Abacus' "Super C", and another one called "Power
	    C".  Are there others?

	2)  I have Abacus' "Super Pascal" compiler, and their "Assembler/
	    Monitor 64".  I am not too pleased with either one -- compiler
	    must run under their environment, compiles to pseudo-code which
	    must be run with their interpreter, ASM monitor uses undocumented
	    memory locations, etc.  Is their C compiler any better?

	3)  Does any compiler compile directly to 6510 machine code?

	4)  Do they support object modules/linking?

	5)  Are they incredibly slow (> 5 minutes to compile and link
	    "main() { printf ("Hello world.\n"); } is incredibly slow :-)

	6)  Are they compatible with the GEOS operating system.

Any information concerning C compilers for the C64 would be greatly
appreciated.

-- 
Jeff A. Williams	uunet!ingr!b11!xenon!jw
			uunet!ingr!b11!chetju!jw

Disclaimer:  These opinions be just mine only.